ppl. a. [f. SNATCH v.] Hurriedly or hastily obtained or taken.
1615. G. Sandys, Trav., I. 84. Full boules Of wine powr’d on; and goblets (gladding soules) Of blacke bloud, and snatcht [L. rapti] milke.
1834. Mar. Edgeworth, Helen (Rtldg.), 129. These snatched moments … enhanced the enjoyment.
1863. Geo. Eliot, Romola, vi. I remember … a hastily snatched visit to Athens.
1892. Pall Mall Gaz., 25 Jan., 6/3. This is no snatched victory.
